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Refreshing Europe's water policy
The latest edition of IEEP's newsletter is now available with a lead article on efforts to reinvigorate EU water policy. Plus CAP reform, nature in the Green Economy, using straw for biofuels, emissions trading revenues ...
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After Rio, it’s up to us to shape the Future We Want
Despite some new commitments on Green Economy, oceans, and Sustainable Development Goals, progress on much of the Rio agenda will depend on actions taken by individual countries, blocs (like the EU), companies and civil society networks.
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The Waste Shipment Regulation – practical and enforceable?
The Waste Shipment Regulation is a major challenge for Member States to implement. IEEP gathered the views and experience of IMPEL members on its practicability and enforceability, to help inform any future legislative development and aid competent authorities to work together to enhance their implementation of the Regulation.
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Benefit Assessment Manual for Policy Makers: Assessment of Social and Economic Benefits of Enhanced Environmental Protection in the ENPI countries
This benefit Assessment Manual, originally for internal use, has been turned into a Benefit Assessment Manual for policy makers and experts for wider dissemination and provides an understanding of the methodologies applied for the country benefit assessments.
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Water Scarcity Briefings
Water scarcity is a major threat to Europe’s waters. Three briefings have been produced summarizing research on this issue and setting out the European policy context.
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The new OECD environmental Outlook – an alarm signal that comes at the right moment
“Urgent action is needed now to avoid significant costs of inaction, both in economic and human terms”. The OECD provides a clear message in its recent Environment Outlook to 2050: Act now – or face major and potentially disastrous consequences.
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Winter Newsletter published
The latest edition of IEEP's newsletter is now available with articles on the new EU Treaty, the impacts of biofuels on biodiversity, benefits of Natura 2000, and much more...
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The future of EU environmental policy: challenges & opportunities
IEEP has produced a special report for the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPEG) on ‘The future of EU environmental policy: challenges and opportunities’. The report provides a brief review of key environmental challenges facing the EU, the main policy and strategic discussions currently underway and assesses some of the prospects and challenges for the future.
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Linking the Water Framework Directive and the IPPC Directive: Phase 2
Integrating pollution control into river basin management is a major challenge. A report for IMPEL explores how Member States address this.
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Sourcebook on EU Environmental Law
The Sourcebook provides a practical reference document on applicable EU environmental legislation, practices and standards which need to be taken into account in the planning and development of projects supported by Banks that have signed the ‘European Principles for the Environment'.
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Assessment of the 6th Environment Action Programme
This report presents the results of an independent evaluation of the 6th Environment Action Programme (6EAP). The overall objective of this evaluation was to provide an in-depth assessment of the achievements of the 6EAP since its adoption in 2002 to the end of 2010.
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Linking the Water Framework Directive and the IPPC Directive
Integrating pollution control into river basin management is a major challenge. A new report for IMPEL explores how EU addresses this interaction.
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The challenge of regulating intensive pig farms
A new IMPEL report written by Andrew Farmer and Megan Lewis examines the range of practices in the EU on the regulation of intensive pig farms. The environmental impacts present a number of challenges ...
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Permitting and inspection of IPPC pig farming installations
This is a report of an IMPEL project supported by VROM in the Netherlands. It was undertaken during 2009 and adopted at the December 2009 IMPEL General Assembly. The report examines the range of practices ...
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Setting Environmental Standards within a Socio-economic Context
This publication is a chapter in the book: Derivation and Use of Environmental Quality and Human Health Standards for Chemical Substances in Water and Soil. Editors: Mark Crane, Peter Matthiessen, Graham ...
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New paper on the proposed revision to the IPPC Directive
The European Commission has published a proposal to revise the IPPC Directive, which also incorporates six ‘sectoral’ industrial emissions Directives.The Directives are presented as annexes: large combustion ...
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Member States Make Variable Progress in Issuing IPPC Permits
Under the IPPC Directive, Member States were required to ensure that all existing installations had been issued with permits compliant with the Directive by the end of October 2007. IEEP, with ENTEC, undertook ...
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Monitoring of Permitting Progress for Existing IPPC Installations
Member States were required, under the IPPC Directive, to ensure that all existing installations had been issued with permits compliant with the Directive by the end of October 2007. IEEP, with ENTEC, ...
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Revising IPPC: Incremental change rather than a radical overhaul of EU industrial emissions policy
The European Commission has published a proposal to revise the IPPC Directive. The proposal also incorporates six ‘sectoral' industrial emissions Directives as annexes: large combustion plants; waste ...
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New IMPEL report examines practicability of proposed IPPC revision
A new IMPEL report authored by IEEP sets out the views of IMPEL members on the proposed revision to the IPPC Directive. While there is general welcome for much of the proposal, concerns are raised over ...